Psychosocial Issues and Quality of Life

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Eiser, Christine ^a   Penn, Anthony ^b   Katz, Ernest ^c   Barr, Ronald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LIFE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 65649130112     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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